Picture-exhibitor.



N. BRAHAM.

PICTURE EXHIBITOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY17,1915- Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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NATHANIEL BRAHAM, OF ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

PICTURE-EXHIBITOR.

Application filed May 17, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL BRAHAM, a subject of the King of England, residing at Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State ofNew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Picture-Exhibitors, of which the following is a specification.

I while traveling along behind the sight opening will wind on a reel while the other web will unwind.

One object of the invention is that while a one of the webs is moving into view the other disappears while it is passing the.

sight opening. I

Another object of the invention is that while the webs are being operated, a device is employed whereby a spectator is unable to see the method of winding or unwinding the webs; so as to give the effect of a vanishing picture or advertisement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a picture exhibitor with a pair of webs which are adapted to be interchanged or substituted by other webs, so that the advertisement or picture may be varied.

I construct my device so that the wear upon the webs is reduced to a minimum and stretching of the same is avoided.

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a picture exhibitor embodying this invention. of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line w w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a view like Fig. 2, on a larger scale of the upper portion of the case, showing the reels in a different position. Fig- 5 is a horizontal section along the line 'yg of the same.

In these drawings is shown a case a provided with a sight opening 6 covered with a sheet of glass 0. Along each side of the case at the interior is secured a wall plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section Patented Feb. 2%, 1916.

Serial No. 28,600.

or bracket (Z each having a channel 6 and a rim f located respectively at the forward and rear part of the bracket. A carriage consisting of slides 9 rovided with angular projections it are adapted to engage the channels and forward parts of the brackets. These slides are joined together by means of a pair of transverse tubular rods 2' thereby forming a carriage to move up or down in the channels of the wall plate. At the front portions of the carriage is located a bar j extending centrally from one slide to the other, the object of which will be hereinafter described. The carriage also carries vertically arranged guide plates la secured to the upper and lower portions of the slides.

A pair of reels m are journaled in the sliding plates of the carriage. To each reel is fastened one end of a web of belt n while the other end of each web is secured at 0 to the respective upper and lower adjacent i portions of the case. Both of the reels can be connected together by a belt or as shown in the drawings by gears 37 so that when the carriage is actuated both reels will rotate to simultaneously wind or unwind the web. The webs are guided to the reels by means of a pair of idler rollers 9 located at the forward part of the carriage.

It is evident that either one of the webs may be replaced by a web having diiferent pictures thereon without changing the other web. For instance it may be desirable to substitute the upper web with one having depicted thereon a girls figure having a different form hat or having a different facial expression. It is furthermore evident that stretching of the webs is prevented, as they are rolled directly upon the reels without passing over a plurality of pulleys, and that also excessive wear upon the web is prevented.

Cords or cables 1" are connected'to the upper and lower portions of the carriage. These connections pass over rollers 8 disposed at the bottom and top of the interior of the case. The end of each cord is secured to a drum 2? arranged on a driving shaft u at the rear part of the case. This driving shaft can be rotated by belt connection from a pulley o to a motor not shown. The motor can be provided with any well known reversing device whereby the rotation of the shaft u can be reversed.

It will be seen that when the shaft 14 is rotated it Winds up one of the cords and unwinds the other. Hence actuating the carriage up or down in a rectilinear path and at the same time revolving the reels to wind one of the webs and unwind the other. When the carriage is moving upward the upper reel will be rotated by the pull exerted on the lower web which unwinds the lower reel and by means of the gear connection rotates the upper reel to wind its web. In other words the sliding movement of the carriage either up or down, will by tensioning either of the webs transmit rotary motion to the reels in a direction to unwind one of the webs and wind the other.

The upper and lower web is guided between the vertical plates is, and the bar to the idler rollers so as to prevent wrinkling or folding of the Web. In this construction,

the bar 7' will at all times cover the spaced;

' tion with a case provided with a sight opening, of a carriage, a reel mounted upon the carriage, a Web connected to the reel and the case, and means for transmitting rectilinear rotary movement to the reel and comprising a driven shaft, a pair of drums on said shaft, and, a cord secured to each of said drums and said carriage, one of said cords being unwound when the other is wound: upon the drum.

2. Ina picture exhibitor, the combination with a case provided with a sight opening, of a carriage, a plurality'of reels mounted on the carriage, a web connected to each reel andthe case, a driven shaft, a pair of drums on said shaft, and a cord for each of said drums connected to said'carriage, said. cords being wound in reverse direction to each other upon said drums.

3. Ina picture exhibitor the combination with a case provided with a sight opening,

of a carriage'arranged in the case, a pair or reels mounted on the carriage, a web connected toeach reel and the case, means for] transmitting rectilinear movement to the carriage for rotating the reels to unwind one of the webs and wind the other.

4. In a picture exhibitor the combination.

tatingthe reels to unwind one of the webs and wind the other.

5. In a picture exhibitor the combination with a case provided with a sight opening,

of a pair of reels arranged in the'case, a web 7 secured to each reel and adjacent portions of the case, a carriage for mounting the reels, gears carried by the carriage for connecting the reels, a bar moving with the carriage for-covering the spaced portion of the webs'leading to the reels,zmeans for transmitting rectilinear movement to the carriage to unwind one of the webs and wind the other. 1 I

6. In a picture exhibitor the combination with a case provided with a sight opening, of a pair of reels arranged in the case, a

Web. secured to each reel and adjacent p01? tions of the case, a carriage for mounting the reels, rollers mountedv on the carriage for leading the webs to they reels, a bar secured to the carriage for covering the spaced portions of they rollers, means for transmitting rectilinear movement to the carriage to' unwind one of the webs and wind the other. I

7,. In a picture exhibitor the combination with av case provided with a, sight opening,

of channeled wall plates secured in the casing, a carriage coacting withjthe plates, av

pair of reels mounted on,the carriage,- webs secured to the reels and the case, gears connecting the reels, a bar carried by the car- 5 riage for covering portions. of the webs, means for transmitting rectilinear movement to the carriage to, unwind one oi the webs and wind the other.

8. In a picture exhibitor the combination With a case provided with. a sight opening, of channeled. wall platesv secured. in. the easing, a carriage including slides to engagethe channels of the, plates, a pair of. reels a, bar carried by the carriagefor covering portions of the web, meansfor, transmitting rectilinear movement to the;carriage to un-Y I wind one of the; websandwindthe other.

' In testimony whereof. I have, hereunto set my hand in the presence of'two subscribing,

witnesses. V

NATHANIEL BRAI-IAM. Witnesses: V CHRISTIAN H. ALMSTAEDT,-"- HAZEL V. REI ENBAQH.

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Washington, D. G. I 

